[Music]
mark how long are you visiting earth any
aspiring entrepreneurs out there here
are a few pointers on what not to do I
see it as a novelty product I can’t see
you ever making money with this so I’m
out welcome to watchmojo.com and today
we’re counting down our picks for the
top 10 worst Shark Tank pitches well you
know there’s the easy big oven out there
next to somebody’s bed at 2 o’clock in
the morning you don’t know where kids
gonna put the Easy Bake Oven for this
list we’re looking at the absolute worst
products or surfaces pitched on the US
version of shark tank but we’re also
taking into consideration the quality of
the pitches themselves if you see a
squirrel on your bird feeder and he
wears out his welcome
just press the remote control and
deliver a harmless static shock
correction
similar to walking across the carpet and
touching something number 10
sticky note holder I have created a
product that would keep your sticky
notes in place and organized while
working at checking for you have you
ever thought to yourself man I really
wish I had a device that could attach
post-it notes to my laptop
no you probably haven’t because well
post-its are already perfectly capable
of sticking to things this example here
is example of what we’re all used to
seeing there’s been no change in it if
there’s been no solution to it until
today it’s kind of a big part of their
job description
Mary Ellen Simonson the woman pitching
this wonderfully useless product was
asking the Sharks for half a million
dollars in funding can you say
delusional for you all the madness are
you out of here mine yes
are you crazy yes who would give you ten
bucks for that a lot of people to top it
all off she had made zero sales and
didn’t even have a patent on her
invention which if you’re a regular
Shark Tank viewer you’ll know is a
recipe for a quick rejection
however inexplicably the flippin notes
are still available online I don’t think
your product is worth what you’re asking
but I do think you have a product there
I think the ten dollars a pop on a QVC
type station why that’s it yeah come
from you know let me tell you I think
you could sell it number nine no fly
cone you see the flies that they
accumulate well this you don’t see the
Flies until you actually look to see
what you’ve caught you know you’re off
to a bad start when your pitch involves
feces entrepreneur Bruce Gaither had an
idea that involved using dog poop to
attract flies to his trap so I designed
an all-natural fly trap and right away
we were successful catching them were
they feed and bring to bring his idea to
life he asked for $25,000 for a 15%
stake shirt he gets points for bringing
his adorable golden retriever on to the
show with him but a cute pup isn’t
enough to change the Sharks minds you’re
kind of creating the problem by leaving
the poop outside aren’t you aside from
the fact that this product can only be
marketed to dog owners the Sharks made
the legitimate point that no one would
want to use this device in their homes
because you know poo even Family Guy
creator Seth MacFarlane’s endorsement
couldn’t save this doomed
he’s your spokesman he doesn’t even have
a God if I did I’d be the first guy in
line number 8 squirrel boss now we know
squirrels are extremely cute and they
need to eat too but they are five pound
gorillas and they are hogs any pitch
that involves electrocuting harmless
woodland creatures deserves a great big
no and that’s exactly what this one got
Michel de Santi markets his product as
the world’s first interactive
squirrel-proof birdfeeder
the interactive bit is what’s key here
so Mike Mike D just to be clear I’m
sitting in my house I see the little
squirrel eating yes I think he’s had too
much eyes ABBA
you see the bird feeder is an exactly
squirrel proof so much as it’s an
opportunity for sadists to torture the
small fluffy tailed animals animal
cruelty aside the obvious problem here
is that you’d need to be sitting around
all day holding your zapper at the ready
for this product to work but that means
I have to be watching sorry second
biggest objection that I get all the
time in public the first day you have to
be watchful expensive and that’s why I’m
here unless this is a pitch exclusively
for the unemployed or infirm it didn’t
really make a whole lot of sense to
anyone don’t worry no squirrels were
hurt in the making of this episode but
Mike when the animal rights people get
all over this year you’re electrocuting
the animals number seven throgs hello
hello hello
I’m Edwin heaven I’m the creator of
rocks the cure for the missing sock
there’s something about the idea of
selling packs of three socks that seems
more creepy than practical so when you
lose one you still have a pair what do
you do with the extra sock until you
need it we’re kind of torn on this one
because on the one hand the mysterious
loss of individual socks is a real
problem in our contemporary society on
the other hand though a simple solution
to this problem would be to man up and
buy your socks in bulk at Costco so that
they all look the same and the concept
of pairs becomes irrelevant
while Edwin heavens presentation is
certainly magical somehow this product
seems like it would cause more problems
than it would solve have you patented
this
you cannot patent a package of three
socks right number six
track days we’re seeking five million
dollars whoa a lot of money in exchange
for 34 percent equity in our production
pitching a feature-length film to the
Sharks seems ambitious to begin with but
when it sounds as bad as this the
creator’s are bound to get eaten alive
so boys you want five million bucks to
make a movie I know how you feel that
you know you think that filmmaking is a
crapshoot which we completely understand
making up the pitch team are a former
stuntman a writer and a producer when
they make their pitch they have no
script no actors and no financial
backing essentially what we’ll be doing
is we’ll be putting a script together
which is in the process of being read
only to have a script yeah the guys make
sure to stress that this is not a movie
about the popular sport of motocross
since they were told there’s no viable
US market for a motocross movie nope
this is a film about MotoGP a
lesser-known sport that’s given little
to no attention in the United States
they also mentioned that there’s never
been a movie made about the sport but
maybe there is a reason for that I’m a
huge motorcycle fan and there’s been
such a lack of movies made about them
number five the Sullivan generator with
your help and your business acumen
together we can develop this new
technology and leave a lasting
legacy of goodness if we’re being
completely honest we’re just as baffled
by this guy’s pitch as the Sharks were
he claims to have invented an electric
generator that harnesses the spin of the
earth to create electricity conveniently
enough the waste this machine supposedly
produces is gold the waste products are
the mineral precipitates manganese and
gold
what gold entrepreneur Mark Sullivan who
also markets himself as a songwriter and
ladies clothing designer among other
things says he’s invented over a
thousand products that make over a
billion dollars a year in profits and
I’m an inventor with over 1,000
inventions the technology I’m offering
you today is the Sullivan generator even
so it looks like the Sharks have a hard
time believing anything this guy says
because it all sounds straight-up crazy
especially if you know even a little bit
about science the gold is left in the
ocean number four cougar limited the
cougar modern mmm sexy because what the
world really needs is another energy
drink especially one with such a small
and kind of derogatory target market
introducing cougar energy drink for
women not to mention women between the
ages of 35 and 55 hardly seem like the
prime demographic of energy drink
consumers also how many women can there
possibly be out there who self-identify
as Cougars okay in case you’re unclear
on the concept this is an energy drink
for women of a certain age who like to
date younger men isn’t a cougar
typically older because she looks
younger than you are
she’s been drinking the Cougar
I’m 35 35 wow you look great
isn’t that too young to be a cougar the
inventor Ryan Custer claims this is
quote the industry’s first gender
specific functional beverage but that
doesn’t even seem to be true this
product pretty much has nothing going
for it and it really doesn’t help that
according to Barbara Corcoran the drink
tastes like chalk no calories no good
taste I have on my tongue now could be
maybe the niacin number three waken
Baken my product takes a unique approach
on waking up in the morning it’s pretty
much the only one of its kind didn’t
Michael Scott have this one covered when
I wake up I plug in the grill I go back
to sleep again
then I wake up to the smell of crackling
bacon when you want to wake up to
freshly made bacon you just set up a
George Foreman grill at the footie ER
bed right clearly this inventor isn’t a
fan of the office because he came up
with a pig shaped device with the
exclusive purpose of bedside bacon
making and so inspired I went home and I
built the world’s first alarm clock that
actually wakes you up with bacon this is
the first idea on our list that actually
seems kind of appealing until you think
about the logistics of it you have to
put the bacon in before you go to sleep
and leaving raw meat unrefrigerated
overnight seems like a recipe for
disaster not to mention the whole thing
seems like a serious fire hazard
you got no projections whatsoever you
got a pig box it’s gonna catch on fire
and kill somebody I’m gonna be sued in
the Stone Age but those problems
notwithstanding mattiece Allen should
keep working on this one we are
intrigued hey Mattie I I love the face
of the pig you have a slogan for this or
anything
Rison swine number two Rollo doc and
what we’ve realized is that when it
comes to communication medicine is not
in the 21st century our doctor is
supposed to be smart well brothers and
doctors Albert and Richard emini managed
to give a bad name to a well respected
profession at least in the eyes of Mark
Cuban you’re not gonna let him tell me
how I make money because there’s no
chance of you making money on this their
idea for a mobile app that connects
doctors and patients isn’t fundamentally
stupid in theory but their pitch was so
bad that there’s no way anyone would
trust their business sense
with your investment we will
revolutionize the way we communicate in
medicine but most importantly you’ll
help us get rid of these pagers and make
some money doing it they keep throwing
in buzzwords like social media without
an actual plan to back any of it up it
sounds like what they want to do is
create a LinkedIn for physicians but
they have no idea how to get doctors to
use their app or how to monetize it
the Sharks are understandably a bit
harsh with their criticism there’s a
valid concern because you don’t want to
be reading about somebody that actually
isn’t a surgeon that’s offering heart
surgery that would be a bad outcome
totally they’ll be able get any but
don’t be dangerous if you can’t get any
doctors before we unveil our number one
pick here are some honorable mentions
[Music]
let me introduce to you what has been
called the greatest invention of all
time
the arcade
dran game Oh Lord I I don’t want you to
move one muscle oh really that’s hard to
do it’s starting to hurt let me have it
hey beast this is killing me remember
I’ve told you you can get a workout by
not moving now where you feeling that
yeah it’s starting to burn can you walk
with this walk run jog number one the
ionic ear my name is Darren Johnson and
I’m here today to explain the ionic ear
investment opportunity the worst of the
worst comes from shark tanks very first
episode all the way back in 2009
you guys are so close-minded please let
him finish okay okay thank you
apparently back in the old days
Bluetooth earpieces were the must-have
tech gadget but this guy took it one
step further so that you and your
Bluetooth would never have to be a part
I’m sorry
where are you implanting this into it
into another device what are you
implanted is actually going into your
ear pitching a surgically implanted
Bluetooth device that’s inserted into
the wearer’s ear canal Darren Johnson
manages to creep the Sharks out and get
some of the fastest time outs in the
show’s history don’t call me I’ll call
you I’m out okay appreciate the fact
that the device has to be charged
nightly by inserting a large needle into
one’s ear definitely doesn’t help his
cause and neither does the fact that he
didn’t actually get any doctors to
approve his product surprise surprise
the ionic ear never took off Darren
here’s here’s insanity here’s genius
you’re somewhere do you agree with our
list not this one not here today that’s
not gonna happen I know what’s the worst
Shark Tank pitch you’ve ever seen at one
point there was a fly crawling down the
side of mr. Wonderful’s face as he was
talking and it just kind of made its way
into his mouth for more inventive top
10s published every day be sure to
subscribe to watchmojo.com in America
this is the land of opportunity and
innovation and inventors like me are
we’ll save America
[Music]
mark how long are you visiting earth any
aspiring entrepreneurs out there here
are a few pointers on what not to do I
see it as a novelty product I can’t see
you ever making money with this so I’m
out welcome to watchmojo.com and today
we’re counting down our picks for the
top 10 worst Shark Tank pitches well you
know there’s the easy big oven out there
next to somebody’s bed at 2 o’clock in
the morning you don’t know where kids
gonna put the Easy Bake Oven for this
list we’re looking at the absolute worst
products or surfaces pitched on the US
version of shark tank but we’re also
taking into consideration the quality of
the pitches themselves if you see a
squirrel on your bird feeder and he
wears out his welcome
just press the remote control and
deliver a harmless static shock
correction
similar to walking across the carpet and
touching something number 10
sticky note holder I have created a
product that would keep your sticky
notes in place and organized while
working at checking for you have you
ever thought to yourself man I really
wish I had a device that could attach
post-it notes to my laptop
no you probably haven’t because well
post-its are already perfectly capable
of sticking to things this example here
is example of what we’re all used to
seeing there’s been no change in it if
there’s been no solution to it until
today it’s kind of a big part of their
job description
Mary Ellen Simonson the woman pitching
this wonderfully useless product was
asking the Sharks for half a million
dollars in funding can you say
delusional for you all the madness are
you out of here mine yes
are you crazy yes who would give you ten
bucks for that a lot of people to top it
all off she had made zero sales and
didn’t even have a patent on her
invention which if you’re a regular
Shark Tank viewer you’ll know is a
recipe for a quick rejection
however inexplicably the flippin notes
are still available online I don’t think
your product is worth what you’re asking
but I do think you have a product there
I think the ten dollars a pop on a QVC
type station why that’s it yeah come
from you know let me tell you I think
you could sell it number nine no fly
cone you see the flies that they
accumulate well this you don’t see the
Flies until you actually look to see
what you’ve caught you know you’re off
to a bad start when your pitch involves
feces entrepreneur Bruce Gaither had an
idea that involved using dog poop to
attract flies to his trap so I designed
an all-natural fly trap and right away
we were successful catching them were
they feed and bring to bring his idea to
life he asked for $25,000 for a 15%
stake shirt he gets points for bringing
his adorable golden retriever on to the
show with him but a cute pup isn’t
enough to change the Sharks minds you’re
kind of creating the problem by leaving
the poop outside aren’t you aside from
the fact that this product can only be
marketed to dog owners the Sharks made
the legitimate point that no one would
want to use this device in their homes
because you know poo even Family Guy
creator Seth MacFarlane’s endorsement
couldn’t save this doomed
he’s your spokesman he doesn’t even have
a God if I did I’d be the first guy in
line number 8 squirrel boss now we know
squirrels are extremely cute and they
need to eat too but they are five pound
gorillas and they are hogs any pitch
that involves electrocuting harmless
woodland creatures deserves a great big
no and that’s exactly what this one got
Michel de Santi markets his product as
the world’s first interactive
squirrel-proof birdfeeder
the interactive bit is what’s key here
so Mike Mike D just to be clear I’m
sitting in my house I see the little
squirrel eating yes I think he’s had too
much eyes ABBA
you see the bird feeder is an exactly
squirrel proof so much as it’s an
opportunity for sadists to torture the
small fluffy tailed animals animal
cruelty aside the obvious problem here
is that you’d need to be sitting around
all day holding your zapper at the ready
for this product to work but that means
I have to be watching sorry second
biggest objection that I get all the
time in public the first day you have to
be watchful expensive and that’s why I’m
here unless this is a pitch exclusively
for the unemployed or infirm it didn’t
really make a whole lot of sense to
anyone don’t worry no squirrels were
hurt in the making of this episode but
Mike when the animal rights people get
all over this year you’re electrocuting
the animals number seven throgs hello
hello hello
I’m Edwin heaven I’m the creator of
rocks the cure for the missing sock
there’s something about the idea of
selling packs of three socks that seems
more creepy than practical so when you
lose one you still have a pair what do
you do with the extra sock until you
need it we’re kind of torn on this one
because on the one hand the mysterious
loss of individual socks is a real
problem in our contemporary society on
the other hand though a simple solution
to this problem would be to man up and
buy your socks in bulk at Costco so that
they all look the same and the concept
of pairs becomes irrelevant
while Edwin heavens presentation is
certainly magical somehow this product
seems like it would cause more problems
than it would solve have you patented
this
you cannot patent a package of three
socks right number six
track days we’re seeking five million
dollars whoa a lot of money in exchange
for 34 percent equity in our production
pitching a feature-length film to the
Sharks seems ambitious to begin with but
when it sounds as bad as this the
creator’s are bound to get eaten alive
so boys you want five million bucks to
make a movie I know how you feel that
you know you think that filmmaking is a
crapshoot which we completely understand
making up the pitch team are a former
stuntman a writer and a producer when
they make their pitch they have no
script no actors and no financial
backing essentially what we’ll be doing
is we’ll be putting a script together
which is in the process of being read
only to have a script yeah the guys make
sure to stress that this is not a movie
about the popular sport of motocross
since they were told there’s no viable
US market for a motocross movie nope
this is a film about MotoGP a
lesser-known sport that’s given little
to no attention in the United States
they also mentioned that there’s never
been a movie made about the sport but
maybe there is a reason for that I’m a
huge motorcycle fan and there’s been
such a lack of movies made about them
number five the Sullivan generator with
your help and your business acumen
together we can develop this new
technology and leave a lasting
legacy of goodness if we’re being
completely honest we’re just as baffled
by this guy’s pitch as the Sharks were
he claims to have invented an electric
generator that harnesses the spin of the
earth to create electricity conveniently
enough the waste this machine supposedly
produces is gold the waste products are
the mineral precipitates manganese and
gold
what gold entrepreneur Mark Sullivan who
also markets himself as a songwriter and
ladies clothing designer among other
things says he’s invented over a
thousand products that make over a
billion dollars a year in profits and
I’m an inventor with over 1,000
inventions the technology I’m offering
you today is the Sullivan generator even
so it looks like the Sharks have a hard
time believing anything this guy says
because it all sounds straight-up crazy
especially if you know even a little bit
about science the gold is left in the
ocean number four cougar limited the
cougar modern mmm sexy because what the
world really needs is another energy
drink especially one with such a small
and kind of derogatory target market
introducing cougar energy drink for
women not to mention women between the
ages of 35 and 55 hardly seem like the
prime demographic of energy drink
consumers also how many women can there
possibly be out there who self-identify
as Cougars okay in case you’re unclear
on the concept this is an energy drink
for women of a certain age who like to
date younger men isn’t a cougar
typically older because she looks
younger than you are
she’s been drinking the Cougar
I’m 35 35 wow you look great
isn’t that too young to be a cougar the
inventor Ryan Custer claims this is
quote the industry’s first gender
specific functional beverage but that
doesn’t even seem to be true this
product pretty much has nothing going
for it and it really doesn’t help that
according to Barbara Corcoran the drink
tastes like chalk no calories no good
taste I have on my tongue now could be
maybe the niacin number three waken
Baken my product takes a unique approach
on waking up in the morning it’s pretty
much the only one of its kind didn’t
Michael Scott have this one covered when
I wake up I plug in the grill I go back
to sleep again
then I wake up to the smell of crackling
bacon when you want to wake up to
freshly made bacon you just set up a
George Foreman grill at the footie ER
bed right clearly this inventor isn’t a
fan of the office because he came up
with a pig shaped device with the
exclusive purpose of bedside bacon
making and so inspired I went home and I
built the world’s first alarm clock that
actually wakes you up with bacon this is
the first idea on our list that actually
seems kind of appealing until you think
about the logistics of it you have to
put the bacon in before you go to sleep
and leaving raw meat unrefrigerated
overnight seems like a recipe for
disaster not to mention the whole thing
seems like a serious fire hazard
you got no projections whatsoever you
got a pig box it’s gonna catch on fire
and kill somebody I’m gonna be sued in
the Stone Age but those problems
notwithstanding mattiece Allen should
keep working on this one we are
intrigued hey Mattie I I love the face
of the pig you have a slogan for this or
anything
Rison swine number two Rollo doc and
what we’ve realized is that when it
comes to communication medicine is not
in the 21st century our doctor is
supposed to be smart well brothers and
doctors Albert and Richard emini managed
to give a bad name to a well respected
profession at least in the eyes of Mark
Cuban you’re not gonna let him tell me
how I make money because there’s no
chance of you making money on this their
idea for a mobile app that connects
doctors and patients isn’t fundamentally
stupid in theory but their pitch was so
bad that there’s no way anyone would
trust their business sense
with your investment we will
revolutionize the way we communicate in
medicine but most importantly you’ll
help us get rid of these pagers and make
some money doing it they keep throwing
in buzzwords like social media without
an actual plan to back any of it up it
sounds like what they want to do is
create a LinkedIn for physicians but
they have no idea how to get doctors to
use their app or how to monetize it
the Sharks are understandably a bit
harsh with their criticism there’s a
valid concern because you don’t want to
be reading about somebody that actually
isn’t a surgeon that’s offering heart
surgery that would be a bad outcome
totally they’ll be able get any but
don’t be dangerous if you can’t get any
doctors before we unveil our number one
pick here are some honorable mentions
[Music]
let me introduce to you what has been
called the greatest invention of all
time
the arcade
dran game Oh Lord I I don’t want you to
move one muscle oh really that’s hard to
do it’s starting to hurt let me have it
hey beast this is killing me remember
I’ve told you you can get a workout by
not moving now where you feeling that
yeah it’s starting to burn can you walk
with this walk run jog number one the
ionic ear my name is Darren Johnson and
I’m here today to explain the ionic ear
investment opportunity the worst of the
worst comes from shark tanks very first
episode all the way back in 2009
you guys are so close-minded please let
him finish okay okay thank you
apparently back in the old days
Bluetooth earpieces were the must-have
tech gadget but this guy took it one
step further so that you and your
Bluetooth would never have to be a part
I’m sorry
where are you implanting this into it
into another device what are you
implanted is actually going into your
ear pitching a surgically implanted
Bluetooth device that’s inserted into
the wearer’s ear canal Darren Johnson
manages to creep the Sharks out and get
some of the fastest time outs in the
show’s history don’t call me I’ll call
you I’m out okay appreciate the fact
that the device has to be charged
nightly by inserting a large needle into
one’s ear definitely doesn’t help his
cause and neither does the fact that he
didn’t actually get any doctors to
approve his product surprise surprise
the ionic ear never took off Darren
here’s here’s insanity here’s genius
you’re somewhere do you agree with our
list not this one not here today that’s
not gonna happen I know what’s the worst
Shark Tank pitch you’ve ever seen at one
point there was a fly crawling down the
side of mr. Wonderful’s face as he was
talking and it just kind of made its way
into his mouth for more inventive top
10s published every day be sure to
subscribe to watchmojo.com in America
this is the land of opportunity and
innovation and inventors like me are
we’ll save America
[Music]
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